On April 11-12, 2011 on the basis of National University of Pharmacy (12 Melnikova str.) a WHO prequalification workshop was held for Ukrainiansecond-line anti-tuberculosis drugs manufacturers.

The event was organized bythe Promoting the Quality of Medicines (PQM) program of The United States Pharmacopoeial Convention (USP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and Global Drug Facility (GDF) in cooperation withthe State Service of Ukraine for medications and drug control, National Pharmaceutical University, and the Ukraine Scientific Pharmacopoeial Centre for the Quality of Medicines.

The workshop was held with financial support from The United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The purpose of the workshop was to provide Ukrainian drug manufacturers with necessary information on the WHO prequalification program, conditions of providing technical aid in prequalification to the members of PQM program, prospects of global anti-tuberculosis drugs market as well as to increase the number of manufacturers which follow the WHO recommendations on Good Manufacturing Practice(GMP) and which can apply for WHO prequalification status and thus obtain access to high quality second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs worldwide.